simple form

collocation in English

meaningsofsimpleandform

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simple
adjective
uk
/ˈsɪm.pəl/us
/ˈsɪm.pəl/
easy to understand or do; ...
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form
noun
uk
/fɔːm/us
/fɔːrm/
a paper or set of papers printed with spaces in which answers to questions can be written or information can be recorded in an ...
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(Definition ofsimpleandformfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsimple form

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The first is the ability to replicate, possibly with poor accuracy and perhaps only in asimpleform, with a single pair of bases.
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In any other condition such asimpleformof social control must prove defective.
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Section 3 discusses mapping values back from the object language to the metalanguage and shows how this yields asimpleformof metaprogramming.
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The resulting spectral analysis allows the solution to be represented in asimpleform.
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It determines the path-name(s) of the file where the text should be stored for future reference, providing asimpleformof automatic persistence.
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The use of such asimpleformof sensing enforces a further assumption concerning the initial home location of each assembly kit part.
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In asimpleform, the non-means-tested risk-based subsidy could be as follows.
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The sentinels just had to complete asimpleformand send it by fax to the local health institutes at the end of each day.
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They have asimpleformbecause of the key assumption that the backgrounds are in linkage equilibrium.
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For example, the free-streamline theory in thesimpleformused here predicts a wake of infinite length.
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We refute thesimpleformof this assumption for two reasons.
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Unless the target statistic is of a verysimpleform, evaluating it can be a very difficult task.
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If the existing house may be described as asimpleformwith complicated details, then the new extension is a complicated form with simple details.
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As a model for computations, lists can be used to describe programs that produce multiple results, corresponding to asimpleformof non-determinism.
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Including intermediate coupling, configuration mixing, and parentage mixing effects, their results are expressed in asimpleform.
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However, we may also in this case transform the equation into thesimpleform(7), - at least approximately, in the following way.
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They take on the followingsimpleform: - becomes the ring multiplication.
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